Presentation on On site and Off Site Emergency

Presentation on On site and Off Site Emergency Plan -- A pragmatic approach By H. SRINIVASAIAH Director of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health Government of Karnataka

GENESIS õ Natural Disasters õ Manmade Disasters Industrial Chemical Disasters v Seveso v Flexiborough v 8 th Mile Love Canal v Bhopal Tragedy v Mexico v Jaipur IOC depot etc. , Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

GENESIS Contd. , õ EARLIER CONCEPT – Reactive 4 R v. Rescue v. Recovery v. Relief v. Rehabilitation õ PRESENT CONCEPT - Proactive v. Planning v. Prevention v. Preparedness v. Response Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

PLANNING v Product selection v Process Selection v Site Selection v Hazard Identification v Risk Assessment v Development of infrastructure v Generation of On site Emergency Plan How the planning must be ? Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

PREVENTION v Safer Technologies v Right Selection of Materials v Adaptation of integrated safety system v Integrity of equipment v Elimination of human error v Emphasis on periodical safety audit v Practicing of on site and off site emergency plans v Periodical testing of contingency plans Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

PREPAREDNESS v On site and Off Site Emergency Plans v Education and Training v Capacity building and updating v Knowledge building v Establishment of MARG v Awareness for community and Community leaders v Efficient Mechanism for amongst different agencies v Onus of ownership effective co-ordination

RESPONSE v Alertness v Commission of SOP v Activation v Time management v Clear communication v Technical Services v Sympathy and Human Values Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

PERCEPTION v Individual v Industry v Society v Government CONTEXT v. Developing countries v. Developed countries Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

WHY THIS EXERCISE? v To live, v To save, v progress v And to prosper Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

IF THERE ARE OMISSIONS? v If the answer is positive, Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THIS ? v Management – play the role of visionary v Employees – play the role of implementer v Through pragmatic approach Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

PRAGMATIC APPROACH v v v Natural events, accidents, man made disasters, technical brake downs, rogue employees, external threats are the potential perils - watch them The personal working closest to its operations are the best equipped to detect the risk reducing solutions – Involve them To identify potential crisis – put yourself in the role of internal saboteur and ask what could i do to damage this company - mind boggling Some risks are much easier and cheaper to neutralize than others - identify and adopt Quantify the risk in terms of potential risks than probability of occurrence – apply them Take a holistic approach in addressing the given situation - give a thought Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

ESSENCE OF COMPLIANCE Do not comply the law just because you fear for v. Fines, v. Imprisonment, v. Suspension of license to operate, v. Bad publicity, v. Strained employee/employer relations But comply the law to prevent v. Human sufferings v. Disasters v. Degradation of quality of life v. Environmental damage

The punch v When the egg is broken – a life is lost v Allow the nesting… Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

Thank you for your attention H. SRINIVASAIAH, Director of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety and Health, Government of Karnataka ( O ) : 080 – 26531200 ( F ) : 080 – 26531202 ( M ) : 09448382318 e–mail : h. srinivasaiah@rediffmail. com website : labour. kar. nic. in